April 2018 Webinars

During the month of April, we’ll be continuing to offer three short-length webinars at no cost to the public. As always, we’ll have our Braille Formats webinar on the first Friday of the month, a Music Braille webinar, and our rotating topic.

This month we’ll also be conducting a four-hour length webinar called Using UEB in Technical Materials. If you missed our post with information on that, you can find it here.

The webinars last on average about fifteen minutes and are intended to touch on an area of instruction that allows an attendee to learn a new skill (or update an old one) without needing to commit an extended amount of time during their day. Anyone with an internet connection is invited to the first come, first serve attendance of any free webinar hosted by NBA. Current members are able to log in to our website and view unlimited replays of each webinar.

For a detailed description, schedule, and links to join, see below.


Formats Friday – Plays
Presenter: Cindi Laurent
Friday, April 6, 2018 at 1:00p EST

Description: This month we will look at some of the guidelines in Section 14 relating to plays.  We will discuss placement of things like stage directions and scene settings.  We will also look at what comes into “play” when what you are transcribing is more than one volume.

TO JOIN

Please join from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/418114461
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (571) 317-3129
Canada: +1 (647) 497-9391
Access Code: 418-114-461


Music Mondays – Braille Grouping of Notes
Presenter: Kathleen Cantrell
Monday, April 16, 2018 at 1:00p EST
Description: In our music webinar this month we will cover the principle of grouping notes smaller than eighth-notes. A process that is similar to print beaming, braille grouping can be a useful tool for organization.
TO JOIN
Please join from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/613899341 
You can also dial in using your phone. 
United States: +1 (571) 317-3129 
Canada: +1 (647) 497-9391 
Access Code: 613-899-341

Braille Bytes – Textbook/Project Quoting Made Easy
Presenter: Eugene Murray
Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 1:00p EST

Description:  This webinar will show a simple method we use for quoting textbooks/projects for transcribing braille materials. We will discuss print-to-braille ratio, costs according to code(s), special instructions (labels), binding, etc.. We will also show you a template we use in Excel for making decisions on making estimates.

TO JOIN

Please join from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/979220869 
You can also dial in using your phone. 
United States: +1 (571) 317-3129 
Canada: +1 (647) 497-9391 
Access Code: 979-220-869